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alight (up)on
alight (up)on
1. To land or rest upon something. The large black crow alighted on the telephone wire high above the street. As he walked into the room, his eyes alighted upon a gorgeous woman wearing a red dress.
2. To arrive at a thought or idea. The engineer alighted on a mathematical solution to the problem he'd been trying to solve all week.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Gyneth | | - | Literature |
| Iason | | - | Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin |
| Olabode | | - | Western African, Yoruba |
| Muhamed | | - | Bosnian |
| Valli | | - | Hinduism |
| Aveza | | - | Ancient Germanic |